{"thread":{"id":"6985","subject":"Pulling peer's branch and getting tracking branch created","startedAt":"2007-02-27T00:37:51Z","lastAt":"2007-02-27T01:24:01Z","messageCount":7,"participants":["Bill Lear","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"35559","messageId":"17891.32095.655545.637691@lisa.zopyra.com","threadId":"6985","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Pulling peer's branch and getting tracking branch created","fromName":"Bill Lear","fromEmail":"rael@zopyra.com","sentAt":"2007-02-27T00:37:51Z","receivedAt":"2007-02-27T00:37:51Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rael@zopyra.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/c4f2d2790ca3828d3b4e7dfebabf61d2fe94fd82fa49cdac2a5295dd2d46a874?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"I can't seem to figure out the correct magic to get my buddy's branch,\nand create the appropriate tracking branch at the same time without\ndoing a clone.\n\nI don't want to branch from my master, just get his branch and the\nmatching tracking branch...\n\nIt's been a long day, so sorry for the simplistic question, but how\ndo I do this exactly?\n\n\nBill\n"},{"id":"35562","messageId":"7v7iu4l8k0.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net","threadId":"6985","inReplyTo":"17891.32095.655545.637691@lisa.zopyra.com","subject":"Re: Pulling peer's branch and getting tracking branch created","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"junkio@cox.net","sentAt":"2007-02-27T00:59:27Z","receivedAt":"2007-02-27T00:59:27Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Bill Lear writes:\n\n> I can't seem to figure out the correct magic to get my buddy's branch,\n> and create the appropriate tracking branch at the same time without\n> doing a clone.\n\nI'll cheat and ask \"git show b6f5da1e\" ;-).\n\n\t$ git remote add -f -m master bob ../bob.git/\n\nwhich should add:\n\n\t[remote \"bob\"]\n \turl = ../bob.git/\n\t\tfetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/bob/*\n\nto .git/config, and perform the initial \"git fetch bob\" so that\nbob's heads appear under your .git/refs/remotes/bob/*, iow,\nafter this, you can ask:\n\n\t$ git branch -r\n\t bob/HEAD\n bob/master\n bob/topic-1\n bob/topic-2\n ...\n"},{"id":"35563","messageId":"17891.33709.278100.35712@lisa.zopyra.com","threadId":"6985","inReplyTo":"7v7iu4l8k0.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net","subject":"Re: Pulling peer's branch and getting tracking branch created","fromName":"Bill Lear","fromEmail":"rael@zopyra.com","sentAt":"2007-02-27T01:04:45Z","receivedAt":"2007-02-27T01:04:45Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rael@zopyra.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/c4f2d2790ca3828d3b4e7dfebabf61d2fe94fd82fa49cdac2a5295dd2d46a874?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Monday, February 26, 2007 at 16:59:27 (-0800) Junio C Hamano writes:\n>Bill Lear writes:\n>\n>> I can't seem to figure out the correct magic to get my buddy's branch,\n>> and create the appropriate tracking branch at the same time without\n>> doing a clone.\n>\n>I'll cheat and ask \"git show b6f5da1e\" ;-).\n>\n>\t$ git remote add -f -m master bob ../bob.git/\n>\n>which should add:\n>\n>\t[remote \"bob\"]\n> \turl = ../bob.git/\n>\t\tfetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/bob/*\n>\n>to .git/config, and perform the initial \"git fetch bob\" so that\n>bob's heads appear under your .git/refs/remotes/bob/*, iow,\n>after this, you can ask:\n>\n>\t$ git branch -r\n>\t bob/HEAD\n> bob/master\n> bob/topic-1\n> bob/topic-2\n\nOk, and then:\n\n% git checkout -b topic-1 bob/topic-1\n\nGets me onto a topic branch ...\n\nSo, this does do what I've asked, and more: however, how can I get it\nto do only the one branch that I want and not all of the others? If\nthis part is really annoyingly hard and/or stupid, don't hesitate to\nsay so.\n\n\nBill\n"},{"id":"35564","messageId":"7v3b4sl88s.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net","threadId":"6985","inReplyTo":"17891.33709.278100.35712@lisa.zopyra.com","subject":"Re: Pulling peer's branch and getting tracking branch created","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"junkio@cox.net","sentAt":"2007-02-27T01:06:11Z","receivedAt":"2007-02-27T01:06:11Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Bill Lear writes:\n\n> On Monday, February 26, 2007 at 16:59:27 (-0800) Junio C Hamano writes:\n>>Bill Lear writes:\n>>\n>>> I can't seem to figure out the correct magic to get my buddy's branch,\n>>> and create the appropriate tracking branch at the same time without\n>>> doing a clone.\n>>\n>>I'll cheat and ask \"git show b6f5da1e\" ;-).\n>>\n>>\t$ git remote add -f -m master bob ../bob.git/\n>>\n>>which should add:\n>>\n>>\t[remote \"bob\"]\n>> \turl = ../bob.git/\n>>\t\tfetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/bob/*\n>>\n>>to .git/config, and perform the initial \"git fetch bob\" so that\n>>bob's heads appear under your .git/refs/remotes/bob/*, iow,\n>>after this, you can ask:\n>>\n>>\t$ git branch -r\n>>\t bob/HEAD\n>> bob/master\n>> bob/topic-1\n>> bob/topic-2\n>\n> Ok, and then:\n>\n> % git checkout -b topic-1 bob/topic-1\n>\n> Gets me onto a topic branch ...\n>\n> So, this does do what I've asked, and more: however, how can I get it\n> to do only the one branch that I want and not all of the others? If\n> this part is really annoyingly hard and/or stupid, don't hesitate to\n> say so.\n\nThis time, I'll cheat and ask you to ask \"git show b6f5da1e\"\n;-).\n"},{"id":"35565","messageId":"17891.33854.166609.651544@lisa.zopyra.com","threadId":"6985","inReplyTo":"7v7iu4l8k0.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net","subject":"Re: Pulling peer's branch and getting tracking branch created","fromName":"Bill Lear","fromEmail":"rael@zopyra.com","sentAt":"2007-02-27T01:07:10Z","receivedAt":"2007-02-27T01:07:10Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rael@zopyra.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/c4f2d2790ca3828d3b4e7dfebabf61d2fe94fd82fa49cdac2a5295dd2d46a874?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Monday, February 26, 2007 at 16:59:27 (-0800) Junio C Hamano writes:\n>Bill Lear writes:\n>\n>> I can't seem to figure out the correct magic to get my buddy's branch,\n>> and create the appropriate tracking branch at the same time without\n>> doing a clone.\n>\n>I'll cheat and ask \"git show b6f5da1e\" ;-).\n>\n>\t$ git remote add -f -m master bob ../bob.git/\n\nSorry, should have asked: what doe \"-f -m master\" mean? I looked in\nthe man page, but didn't see anything on this.\n\n\nBill\n"},{"id":"35566","messageId":"7vy7mkjtc8.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net","threadId":"6985","inReplyTo":"17891.33854.166609.651544@lisa.zopyra.com","subject":"Re: Pulling peer's branch and getting tracking branch created","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"junkio@cox.net","sentAt":"2007-02-27T01:13:27Z","receivedAt":"2007-02-27T01:13:27Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Bill Lear writes:\n\n> On Monday, February 26, 2007 at 16:59:27 (-0800) Junio C Hamano writes:\n>>Bill Lear writes:\n>>\n>>> I can't seem to figure out the correct magic to get my buddy's branch,\n>>> and create the appropriate tracking branch at the same time without\n>>> doing a clone.\n>>\n>>I'll cheat and ask \"git show b6f5da1e\" ;-).\n>>\n>>\t$ git remote add -f -m master bob ../bob.git/\n>\n> Sorry, should have asked: what doe \"-f -m master\" mean? I looked in\n> the man page, but didn't see anything on this.\n\nI should be the one who's saying sorry. I realized it was not\ndocumented and updated the doc last night. Here is an excerpt:\n\n 'add'::\n\n Adds a remote named for the repository at\n . The command `git fetch ` can then be used to create and\n update remote-tracking branches /.\n\n With `-f` option, `git fetch ` is run immediately after\n the remote information is set up.\n\n With `-t ` option, instead of the default glob\n refspec for the remote to track all branches under\n `$GIT_DIR/remotes//`, a refspec to track only ``\n is created. You can give more than one `-t ` to track\n multiple branche without grabbing all branches.\n\n With `-m ` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes//HEAD` is set\n up to point at remote's `` branch instead of whatever\n branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at.\n\nBut I realize that the commit log message of b6f5da should\nprobably be massaged into the EXAMPLES section.\n\n\ncommit b6f5da1e0f4eeb59798b320f97d27f83d19f89df\nAuthor: Junio C Hamano \nDate: Thu Feb 1 23:30:03 2007 -0800\n\n Teach git-remote add to fetch and track\n \n This adds three options to 'git-remote add'.\n \n * -f (or --fetch) option tells it to also run the initial \"git\n fetch\" using the newly created remote shorthand.\n \n * -t (or --track) option tells it not to use the default\n wildcard to track all branches.\n \n * -m (or --master) option tells it to make the\n remote/$name/HEAD point at a remote tracking branch other\n than master.\n \n For example, with this I can say:\n \n $ git remote add -f -t master -t quick-start -m master \\\n jbf-um git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/git.git/\n \n to\n \n (1) create remote.jbf-um.url;\n \n (2) track master and quick-start branches (and no other); the\n two -t options create these two lines:\n \n fetch = +refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/jbf-um/master\n fetch = +refs/heads/quick-start:refs/remotes/jbf-um/quick-start\n \n (3) set up remotes/jbf-um/HEAD to point at jbf-um/master so\n that later I can say \"git log jbf-um\"\n \n Or I could do\n \n $ git remote add -t 'ap/*' andy /home/andy/git.git\n \n to make Andy's topic branches kept track of under refs/remotes/andy/ap/.\n \n Other possible improvements I considered but haven't implemented\n (hint, hint) are:\n \n * reject wildcard letters other than a trailing '*' to the -t\n parameter;\n \n * make -m optional and when the first -t parameter does not\n have the trailing '*' default to that value (so the above\n example does not need to say \"-m master\");\n \n * if -m is not given, and -t parameter ends with '*' (i.e. the\n above defaulting did not tell us where to point HEAD at), and\n if we did the fetch with -f, check if 'master' was fetched\n and make HEAD point at it.\n \n Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano \n"},{"id":"35568","messageId":"17891.34865.91784.71777@lisa.zopyra.com","threadId":"6985","inReplyTo":"7vy7mkjtc8.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net","subject":"Re: Pulling peer's branch and getting tracking branch created","fromName":"Bill Lear","fromEmail":"rael@zopyra.com","sentAt":"2007-02-27T01:24:01Z","receivedAt":"2007-02-27T01:24:01Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rael@zopyra.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/c4f2d2790ca3828d3b4e7dfebabf61d2fe94fd82fa49cdac2a5295dd2d46a874?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Monday, February 26, 2007 at 17:13:27 (-0800) Junio C Hamano writes:\n>Bill Lear writes:\n>> On Monday, February 26, 2007 at 16:59:27 (-0800) Junio C Hamano writes:\n>>>\n>>>\t$ git remote add -f -m master bob ../bob.git/\n>>\n>> Sorry, should have asked: what doe \"-f -m master\" mean? I looked in\n>> the man page, but didn't see anything on this.\n>\n>I should be the one who's saying sorry. I realized it was not\n>documented and updated the doc last night. Here is an excerpt:\n\nNo problems. As usual, superlative support here on the git list.\n\nThanks very much.\n\n\nBill\n"}]}